Cigar-lighter.



E. PAINT.

CIGAR LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1914.

1,1 33,544, Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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1 UNITED STATES" PATENT-OFFICE.

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CIGABnLIGHTER.

Application filed November 27, 1914. Serial No. 874,208.

Y simple and inexpensive, automatic in action,

and which operates without the use of chemicals, such as methylatedspirits and the like. I attain this object by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- 1 Figure 1 1s a sideelevation of: my cigar lighter, shown .with lid raised and one sideopen. Fig. 2 is an elevation, looking on the end of the device with lidraised and end removed to show interior. Fig. 3 isa sectional detailview showing the construc tion of the igniting arrangement. Fig. 4:.1S asectional view taken on the hue A-A in Fig. 3.

Similar figures of reference ind cate Slmllar parts throughout theseveral views.

1 is a casing of any suitable material,.

provided with a hinged lid 2 and the side door 3, which door, whenclosed, forms one side of the casing. The lid 2, when closed, is helddown by means of a catch 4: connected to a button member 5 extendingexteriorly of the casing 1, as shown in Fig. 1, and the hinge of the lidcarries a spring, in any well known manner, so that when the buttonmember 5 is pressed inwardly to disengage the catch 4, the lid 2 willspring open. It may be stated, however, that the means used for openingand closing the lid 2 and the side door 3 may be any of the well knownmeans in common use at the present time for the lids of match boxes andthe like.

6 is a plate covering the top of the casing 1 and provided with theslots 7 and 8, which slots are in-line with the guide members 9 and 10,these guide members extending downwardly from the underside of the plate6 and either secured rigidly thereto by any approved means or formedintegrally therewith.

11 is a cap secured to the plate 6 on the upper side thereof andprovided with slots 12 and 13, similar to the slots7 and 8. The inneredge of slot 13, however, is turned up- Spe cification of LettersPatent.

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wardly, as shown at'14 in Fig. 3, and the face of this upstandingportion 14 is rough ened so that it has a file-like surface.

15 is a ribbon 'of inflammable material, preferably wax-covered,-whichribbon is rotatably carried, suitably rolled up as shown in Fig. l, on apin 16, which pin is secured to the casing 1 in any suitable manner. Thefree end of the ribbon 15passes up through the guide member 9, throughthe slots 7 and 12, and extends a suitable distance beyond the top ofthe cap 11.

17 is a ribbon, formed preferably of'stout paper, and which is rotatablycarried in a suitable roll on the-pin 18, which pin is secured to thecasing 1 in any suitable manner.

the slots .8 and 13, and extends a suitable distance beyond the top ofcap 11, from which it will be seen that when the ribbons The free end ofthis ribbon 17 passes up through the guide member 10, through 15 and 17are assembled their free ends will I be in close proximity to each.other.

19 represents portions of igniting composition, similar to that whichforms the head of the common match, which portions are secured to theface of the ribbon 17 at suit- .ably spaced intervals.

20 is a roller disposed above the top of cap 11 at one side of the slot13 and carried by a spring bail member 21 swingably mounted in thebearings 22 and 23 of the cap so that it, the roller 20, Will normallybear against the back of the ribbon 17 and keep the face of the ribbonpressed against the roughened surface of the portion 14-, while at thesame time permitting upward movement of the ribbon therebetween.

2}}, 25, and 2.6 are suitably mounted guide rollers for the ribbons 15and 17.

27 is a burred or toothed roller secured on the shaft 28, which shaft isrotatably carried by the casing 1, and has one end extending through theside of the casing and secured into a ring 29, as shown in Fig. 2, bymeans of which ring the shaft 28 and roller 27 may be rotated manuallyif desired. The roller 27 is positioned so that its teeth will engagethe back of ribbon 15, the front of the ribbon being then bearing on theguide roller 26..

v 30 are ratchet-shaped teeth formed on the inner side of the roller 27,that is, the far side in Fig. 1.

31 is a burred or toothed roller, similar to roller 27, and rotatablymounted on the shaft 32, which shaft is secured to the casing 1 in anysuitable manner. This roller is positioned similarly to roller 27, thatis, so that its teeth will engage the back of the ribbon 17, the frontof the ribbon being then bearing on the guide roller 26, and it is alsoprovided with ratchet-shaped teeth 33 on its 36 and 37, which areswingably mounted thereon and which normally engage the ratchet teeth 30and 33 of the respective rollers 27 and 31, being held in place by meansof the spring 38, which spring is secured to the lever 34.

39 is a pin attached to the free end of the lever 34, which 'pin extendsupwardly through the plate 6 and a guide member 40 secured thereon. Thispin 39 is slidable in the guide 10 and projects above same a suitabledistance when the lid 2 is open so that it will be engaged by the lidwhen same is being closed and forced downwardly thereby to depress thelever 34, as hereinafter described.

11 is a' spring carried by the casing and against which the lever 34:bears when de pressed, the spring being then under compression so thatwhen the lid 2 is opening the spring 41 will force the lever 31 and thepin 39 upwardly.

-From the foregoing description and referring to Fig. 1, the operationof my device will be apparent and may be described briefly as follows:Vlien the lid is closed the pin 39 and lever 3-1 are in the depressedposition, as shown dotted in Fig. 1, with the pawls 36 and 37 engagingthe ratchet teeth of their respective rollers 27 and 31. On opening thelid the pin 39 is released and the spring -11 then forces the lever 31sharply upward, causing the rollers 27 and 31 to be actuated inthe.direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1 by means of the pawls 36and 37, thereby forcing the 'i'ibbons 15 and 17 upward at the same timeand causing one of the igniting portions 19 to spark against theroughened face of the upstanding portion 1-1 and set lire to the end ofribbon '15. 'On again closing the lid the parts are again depressed,ready for another effective lighting operation when the lid is once moreopened. The provision of the ring 29 on the shaft 28 makes it possibleto keep turning up the ribbon 15 as it burns down, should the light berequired for any length of time. W'hen the respective ribbons have beenused up they can be replaced by others by simply opening the side door 3and placing the new ribbons on their respective pins 16 and 18 andthreading their free ends up through the cap 11 to their effectivepositions.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A cigar lighter comprising a ribbon having frictionally ignitiblecomposition on its surface, a casing forming a magazinein which theribbon is stored and having-a ls'lot through which one end of theribbeirextends, abrading means in proximity'to' the slot and to theoutside of the casing, means for feeding the ribbon through the slot incontact with the abrading means to ignite the composition carried by theribbon, and combustible material located outside of the casing and inclose proximity to the exposed end of the ribbon, as and for the purposespecified.

2. A cigar lighter comprisinga ribbon having a frictionally ignitiblesurface, a ribbon of combustible material, a casing containing theribbons having a pair of slots through which the free ends of eachribbon extend in close proximity to each other, a cap piece on saidcasing having guideways for said ribbons, abrading means carried by thecap in contact with the frictionally ignitible ribbon surface and meansfor feeding the ribbons simultaneously through the slots by astep-by-step movement, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cigar lighter, an ignitible ribbon, a combustible ribbon, acasing containing said ribbons, a cap piece carried by said casinghaving two depending guide members through which said ribbons pass andlever pivoted on said casing, pawls carried by said lever adapted torotate said rollers, a finger carried by the free end of the leverextending vertically through the casing to be engaged by said cover whenclosed and depressed thereby, and spring means for forcing the leverupwardly when the cover is raised.

Dated at Vancouver-,B. C., this 11th day of November, 1914.

EDWARD FAINT. l/Vitnesses:

JAMES TAYLOR, ELIz. J. TRAIN.

